"Last month, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, demanded that Susan Monarez, the newly confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fire senior officials at her agency and accept wholesale the recommendations of a handpicked panel of vaccine advisers whom he had installed. Monarez refused, and Kennedy asked for her resignation, just weeks after saying that he had "full confidence" in her "unimpeachable scientific credentials.""
"Then the C.D.C., which has bled thousands of employees since Kennedy took office, was further roiled by the resignations of several high-ranking officials. Nine former C.D.C. directors and acting directors published an essay in the Times arguing that Kennedy's actions "should alarm every American," and more than a thousand current and former Health and Human Services employees called for Kennedy's resignation."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, demanded that CDC director Susan Monarez fire senior officials and accept recommendations from a handpicked panel of vaccine advisers he installed. Monarez refused and Kennedy requested her resignation weeks after praising her scientific credentials. The White House removed Monarez after Republican appeals. Thousands of CDC employees have left since Kennedy took office and several senior officials have resigned. Nine former CDC directors warned that his actions should alarm Americans, and over a thousand current and former HHS employees called for his resignation. Kennedy publicly accused Monarez of lying; Monarez called his agenda sabotage.
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